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coom
or coomb
[ koom ]
noun
, Chiefly Scot. and North England.
- soot; coal dust; smut.
- dust, especially sawdust or dust from a gristmill.
- grease from bearings, axles, etc.
coom
/ kuːm /
noun
- dialect.waste material, such as dust from coal, grease from axles, etc
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Word History and Origins
Origin of coom1
C16 (meaning: soot): probably a variant of culm 1
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Example Sentences
Mester Grace too,—he coom to see me an' I axt him questions.
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I coom here to-neet a purpose, an' this is what I've getten to say.
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Sophy talks shockingly broad; she says, “Aw wanted him to coom, boot he would not.”
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Coom'th over me as the spring do, though I be naigh three score.
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Arl the news coom from them nowadays, instead of from here, as her ought to do.
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